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HEALTH HELP NOW - a new app

Health Help Now app lists common symptoms for people of all ages and helps find the best place for treatment. It shows the nearest services, whether they are open or closed, and provides a map of their location and directions. It is also packed with health advice and is available as a website and an app. You can save the website to use on computers, laptops, tablets and smartphones. Or download the app. -----------------

BRENT HEALTH APP

The app’s three main purposes are to communicate health news, help residents find local services, provide healthcare information.

Users can also book GP appointments, order repeat prescriptions, access summary medical records and use the app as a symptom checker.

To add the app to your phone for free, search Brent Health App in Apple App Store or Google Play.

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OPEN FRIDAYS

Any patient who comes or rings the surgery before 9.00 will be given an appointment time for the day either at the practice or at our sister practices subject to availability.

Please note that you will have to be prepared to wait or come back at the given time.

Evening appointments will be pre-bookable.

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Dear Patients,

We hope you are happy with the services we provide at Church End Medical Centre. If you are, why not share it with a wider community? Please spare a minute to give us your positive feedback on NHS CHOICES website:www.nhs.uk. You will find us under 'Find local services'

Thank you,CEMC Team

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WHEN WE ARE CLOSED

If you need medical help fast when the surgery is closed during the day (e.g. for a meeting), please ring CARE UK on 0300 130 3015 (the number is also available on the surgery answer phone) Between 6.30pm and 8.00am please call 111.You can call 111 when you need medical help fast but it’s not a 999 emergency.

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THE HUB

Dear Patients, please note that there are extra GP appointments available at our sister practices at the following palces: Central Middlesex Hospital, Willesden Centre for Health and Care, Staverton Surgery NW2, and at Wembley Centre for Health and Care. Appointments can be prebooked up to 2 weeks in advance. Please ask at Reception.

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PLEASE ALLOW 48 HOURS FOR YOUR REPEAT PRESCRIPTION TO BE ISSUED

PLEASE ALLOW 48 HOURS BEFORE YOU COLLECT YOUR PRESCRIPTION

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SURGERY'S CAR PARK

Dear Patients, Please do not park in the surgery's car park. Parking there is reserved for doctors and staff. There is plenty of parking along the road with no parking restrictions. Thank you

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MMR CATCH UP CAMPAIGN

Due to an increase in the number of measles cases in the country it is important that children between 10 and 16 years of age that have not been vaccinated be vaccinated now. Measles is a serious illness and can cause death.

If your child who is between 10 and 16 years of age has not been vaccinated please make an appointment to have them immunised for MMR.

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DOCTORS' CONSULTATION TIME

Please note that consultation time per patient is 10 minutes.Please use this time wisely, prioritise your problems as other patients are also waiting to be seen.

Welcome to Church End Medical Centre Online

Our mission statement: Create and sustain healthier communities

We hope to use our surgery website as a way of presenting all our patients with an up to date resource for all information relating to our practice. We will keep it current with any news, developments & details that are relevant to the practice & our patients.

As well as a source of information about our Practice, the staff & the services we provide, we hope you use the website as a useful resource with links to other reliable websites for health related information. If there is topical health information we will also add this to the website.

Have a look around our website and please do send us some feedback. We can use your thoughts to improve our online services & further develop the website to make it a more useful, practical application for our patients.

From Tuesday 4th December you can contact your practice online and get a reply within one working day.Simply fill in the online consultation form above.

A doctor* will review your consultation form and reply to you in *one working day, with advice or an appointment to come into the practice.

Please note your request may be dealt with by a doctor outside of your practice as part of the Brent Harness and Kilburn Networks. If you prefer not to share your information in this way, you can continue to call your practice during normal working hours.